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Male fertility: how everyday chemicals are destroying sperm counts in humans and animals

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par Alex Ford, Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth
Gary Hutchison, Professor of Toxicology and Dean of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University

Within just a few generations, human sperm counts may decline to levels below those considered adequate for fertility. That’s the alarming claim made in epidemiologist Shanna Swan’s new book, “Countdown”, which assembles a raft of evidence to show that the sperm count of western men has plunged by over 50% in less than 40 years.

That means men reading this article will on average have half the sperm count of their grandfathers. And, if the data is extrapolated…

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